Video: Teacher caught on camera slamming student against wall

A 6-year-old Ohio boy was physically scolded by a teacher after stepping outside a restroom at his elementary school earlier this month.

Riverdale School teacher Barb Williams grabbed kindergartner Ian Nelson and pinned him against a wall. At one point, the teacher picked him up by his shirt and the boy’s head flopped back, hitting the wall again.

After another teacher reported the incident, the school informed Ian’s parents, Anthony and Autumn Nelson. They Nelsons say the administrators made the event seem insignificant.

After seeing surveillance video footage, the parents were shocked.

“He was in the other room and I watched it out in the kitchen and I just started crying,” Autumn told WLBT. “I burst into tears.”

The Nelsons are also shocked that Williams current punishment is only a 10-day suspension that will run right into summer.

Ian’s father feels Williams should lose her job and he has handed video footage over to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office.

“I would consider what would happen to myself, if I were to do that to her. If I were to do that to her, I would go to jail,” Anthony told WLBT.

Anthony complained about Williams earlier in the year and asked for his son to be moved to a different class but the principal refused. Williams has been teaching with Riverdale District for 14 years.